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necklaces are worn, many of which are of Venetian 

 make. 



The Buduma are divided into three races — the 

 Guria, with whom we then were, 

 a pastoral people ; the Madja- 

 godia, with whom we spent the 

 following day, and the Maibulua, 

 both fisher-folk. They come of 

 common ancestors, speak the 

 same language, and intermarry 

 — a Buduma woman never mar- 



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ries outside these tribes, but a 



man will often have a Kanembu wife on the main- 

 land, though she may not accompany him back to the 

 islands. 



Though they call themselves agricultural and pas- 

 toral, none of the Buduma trouble much over any 

 industry, for their slaves do the hard work and the 

 distant fishing. 



These " niggers," as a slave is called in pidgin- 

 English, are kindly treated, and form part of a man's 

 household, generally as his servants, though sometimes 

 he will marry one. Though a poor man may be without 

 any slaves, the average citizen owns two or three. 



Our Buduma guide told us that they have a regular 

 trade with the Kotoko, who capture and retail the 

 natives of Ham, Niellim, Sara, and the country still 

 farther south — sending them down the Logone and 

 Shari rivers to the Buduma on Chad. 



It is understood that no Kotoko, Arab, or Fulani 

 may be enslaved. 



The Buduma himself is a regular dare-devil buccaneer, 

 and obtains much wealth from raids on the main- 



